IP Library Granted Patent US 9,587,196
Granted Patent B2
US 9,587,196 · App. 15/114,290 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Working fluid composition for refrigerator and refrigeration oil

Inventors: Hitoshi Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Ken Sawada (Tokyo, JP); Akira Tada (Tokyo, JP); Souichirou Konno (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation
C10M105/38C09K5/045C10M171/008C09K2205/122C09K2205/126C10M2207/2835C10M2215/086C10M2223/06C10M2223/065C10N2220/302C10N2230/06C10N2240/30
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Patent No.
US 9,587,196
App. No.
15/114,290
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising a refrigerating machine oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphorous compound, and at least one refrigerant selected from 1, 1, 1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the fatty acid comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy the conditions represented by the formula (1): 0.11 ≦ ( N C M C · W C ) ( N P M P · W P ) ≦ 4.70 ( 1 ) wherein, N c represents the number of carbodiimide groups per molecule of the carbodiimide compound, M c represents the molecular weight of the carbodiimide compound, W c represents the content of the carbodiimide compound, N p represents the number of phosphorus atoms per molecule of the phosphorus compound, M p represents the molecular weight of the phosphorus compound, and W p represents the content of the phosphorus compound.

Claims (68)

1. A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine, comprising:

a refrigerating machine oil comprising an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid, a carbodiimide compound, and a phosphorus compound; and

at least one refrigerant selected from 1, 1, 1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene;

wherein the polyhydric alcohol constituting the ester comprises pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol,

the fatty acid constituting the ester comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms, and the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy conditions represented by the following formula (1):

0.11

(

N

C

M

C

·

W

C

)

(

N

P

M

P

·

W

P

)

4.70

(

1

)

wherein, N c represents a number of carbodiimide groups per molecule of the carbodiimide compound, M c represents a molecular weight of the carbodiimide compound, W c represents a content of the carbodiimide compound based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, N p represents a number of phosphorus atoms per molecule of the phosphorus compound, M p represents a molecular weight of the phosphorus compound, and W p represents a content of the phosphorus compound based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

2. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the ester comprises a mixture of a first ester that is an ester of pentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms and a second ester that is an ester of dipentaerythritol and at least one fatty acid selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms.

3. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 2 , wherein a content of the second ester is 10% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less based on a total content of the first ester and the second ester.

4. The working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerating machine oil further comprises 0.1% by mass or more and 0.5% by mass or less of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol based on the total amount of the refrigerating machine oil.

5. A refrigerating machine oil comprising:

an ester of a polyhydric alcohol and a fatty acid;

a carbodiimide compound; and

a phosphorus compound;

wherein the polyhydric alcohol constituting the ester comprises pentaerythritol and dipentaerythritol,

the fatty acid constituting the ester comprises at least one selected from fatty acids having 4 to 9 carbon atoms,

the carbodiimide compound and the phosphorus compound satisfy conditions represented by the following formula (1):

0.11

(

N

C

M

C

·

W

C

)

(

N

P

M

P

·

W

P

)

4.70

(

1

)

wherein, N c represents a number of carbodiimide groups per molecule of the carbodiimide compound, M c represents a molecular weight of the carbodiimide compound, W c represents a content of the carbodiimide compound based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, N p represents a number of phosphorus atoms per molecule of the phosphorus compound, M p represents a molecular weight of the phosphorus compound, and W p represents a content of the phosphorus compound based on a total amount of the refrigerating machine oil, and

the refrigerating machine oil is used together with at least one refrigerant selected from 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: JX NIPPON OIL ENERGY CORPORATION
To: JXTG NIPPON OIL ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053595/0800 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: JXTG NIPPON OIL ENERGY CORPORATION
To: ENEOS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053596/0282 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 25, 2020
From: JX NIPPON OIL ENERGY CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON OIL ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053597/0813 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2016
From: TAKAHASHI, HITOSHI; SAWADA, KEN; TADA, AKIRA; KONNO, SOUICHIROU
To: JX NIPPON OIL & ENERGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039481/0866 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-013594 · Jan 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170009170A1 · Jan 12, 2017